Advanced Visionary Arts, LLC. Reviews

Went specifically to visit/shop at art bazaar Thanksgiving weekend. Lots of unusual items and bought several nice things. Looked around the building as well. Not a run of the mill art museum but enjoyed exhibits very much. Will return another day when in Bmore again.

Loved the art work was a very "different" experience and the building itself is beautiful.

I'm not even a big fan of art, but there exhibits were unique enough to interest even me!

If you are creative or simply appreciate creativity, this is a great place to visit! So much of the art work is done by people who are not necessarily prominent artists, but have used art as a way of expression.

Especially liked the fart exhibit playing award winning farts.

My visit today was for the Celebration of Life for our long family friend, Orhan Baykal. It was a very beautiful service, in a lovely setting. I know in my heart Mr. Baykal would be please.

Mind blowing displays. Restrooms available. Paid meter parking

Really different, thought provoking, funny. Great gift shop and the restaurant is remarkable. Don't miss it!

Very unusual art by artists not trained in traditional methods.

A must-see, one of a kind, interesting place of art. Clean bathrooms and amazing views from top floor.

I attended this museum for a 'work event'. I would have loved to have more time in the museum but we only had 1 hour. Our tour guide Max was great, and very knowledgeable. If I ever come back to Baltimore I'd go again.

Oh man do I love this museum. It has amazing art you are not going to see anywhere else. The kids loved it. Yeah even at 6 years old! Try that MoMA! The gift shop is filled with kitsch (love Bal'mor, hon!) and also really great books. Get a membership and come back whenever you need an escape from reality or a (wildly) alternate perspective on the world.

Fantastic museum,and gallery.It has a wonderful layout and some wonderful exhibits it s def well worth a visit.

I love this museum! There's so much unique art in here that you can't find anywhere else. I love how approachable it is and that it doesn't take itself too seriously. Go here!

It's a fantastic, unique art Museum. On display is art that is free of limits or restrictions. We got there kinda late and had to rush through before closing time. There was another building we didn't even get to see. I will go back as soon as I get the chance.

My first visit in couple of years. Oh what fun we had with the exhibits. The gift shop is full of fun wonders for kids of all ages.

Museums... I've been to many and I admit to being terribly uncultured because sometimes, they just make me want to curl up in a corner somewhere and take a nap. This possibly may happen more when considering the big guns, your Louvres, your Uffizis, your Mets of the world but even a peasant like Yours, Truly, cannot get enough of the American Visionary Art Museum.

It's my understanding that the exhibits change seasonally. Regardless, what to expect here is exit/outsider art (your artistic savants who likely never went to art school). I learned that painted screens were a thing in Baltimore and I find that fascinating! Make sure you go across the courtyard, through the event space to the second building so you can see these screens outfitted on a fabricated building. There's also a circus diorama display and a giant rotating sculpture of the one and only Divine.

In the main building, my favorite (and not sure if this is rotating) was the photos of bejeweled saints' corpses-- Heavenly Bodies. I loved that the description, they liken it to "Pro-Catholic PR." I mean, it surely makes me appreciate the religion in which I was raised even more because how cool are bedazzled skeletons, right?

Besides the exhibits, they have a bunch of short documentaries in which you get to "meet" the artists and see where they're coming from.

Pro Tip: Do NOT miss the vintage Pez display on the top floor of the main building (who doesn't love Pez dispensers?!) Beware, that lovely spiraling staircase may give you vertigo, so take the elevator up! Yay, Pez!! There really is something for everyone here.

All-around cool and whimsical space. Art won't appeal to everyone.

I'm an artist and an art teacher and this is the best museum ever! I usually do not want to read in at any art show, but this place has some intriguing info to read about the artists. Be sure to visit the fun gift shop.

Possibly the best museum I've ever been to. Inspiring and fun.

Really cool museum that has lots of neat exhibits that are unique and change frequently

A museum focused on self-trained artists! Funky, fun and different.

That Particular art museums is OK not one of my favorites But if you have kids is perfect for them

Beautiful place to have a wedding, excellent food and friendly staff.

Fascinating art Museum, filled with thought provoking exhibits and works of art. The gift shop is amazing

It was amazing some of the art work was strange but it s always cool to see from someone else s point of view.

Always an amazing time, staff is very friendly and helpful. Gift shop is amazing

Ecclectic, enlightening and culturally diverse, with a great book store.

This is a hidden gem in Baltimore. Really really interesting. Don't miss this place.

A very different and fun museum. Kids will LOVE it. The museum shop is almost as much fun as the museum itself.

Beautiful building went there for a wedding. Enjoyed it well.

This is probably my new favorite museum. If you like the Hirshhorn you'll love this museum

Good amateur artists here, loved the parenting theme

A very fun and relatable art museum. No stuffy boring exhibits here. The art grabs you and sucks you right in. The art is in 2 buildings - 3 floors in one, 2 floors the other, both have either stairs or elevators. Very modern & well kept up, very clean. The art ranges from sculpture and embroidery to oil. It is located about a block south of the south end of the inner harbor. It costs $15 for an adult. Also, the gift shop is especially nice for kids since they have lots of fun stuff priced at 25 cents. One mom, while I was there, gave her 5 year old a budget of 1 dollar. The gears in that kid's brain were really spinning as he poured over the selections that would net him the best mix of stuff!

Only the world's most amazing Outsider art museum. Where to begin? The design of the main building is all curvlinear with no hard angles- any where. The permanent exhibit is worth revisiting yearly if not more. The occasional exhibits are constructed around a theme and the art is always mind-blowing in its originality. This is a one of a kind museum. I have been to only one other Outsider art museum- The Art Brut Museum - and AVAM feels even more magical. That might be the most apt description of this museum- pure magic.

Offbeat, fun, eclectic, a lot like Baltimore itself. ...... never disapointed, with a fun, quirky, giftshop !!

Truly an adventurous journey into an unexpected universe. Some of the works are astounding, others perhaps kitschy, but all are interesting and immerse the senses. An art museum for people who would like to rediscover the truly extraordinary boundaries of artistic expression. Also notable are the detailed and well-written backgrounders on each artist's life, including struggles and triumphs in the human journey of self-discovery. A must-see.

I was pleasantly surprised I came across it by chance what I preferred the works placed outside

Quirky and fun exhibits that capture the uniqueness of Baltimore. I felt the price was right at $10 (student price). A lot of the artists displayed are local as well, which is great.

Wandered in here from Federal Hill Park and paid a reasonable entrance fee. It could've been easy to walk right past the service desk without paying since it looked like that's what others were doing. But, there are two buildings the entrance fee gives you access to and you get your hand stamped so you can wander between them as you'd like.

Was amazed to see Alex Grey's work featured right at the start! Genius.

Make sure you carefully visit every corner, every wall, every staircase or you might miss something.

This place rocked. It's the best museum I may have ever visited. If I lived in Baltimore I would become a member.

A beautiful and surreal collection of art, which is extremely well curated. The museum does an excellent job of explaining about the artists and their work, while still allowing the peices to speak for themselves.

One of the best museums in the country.
And the ONLY museum to feature untrained artists! The whole place is like wow!!

Curated to exhibit contemporary art as a celebration of the human spirit and soul.
Restored my faith in the power of contemporary art to transform the way we see the world.

This museum is:
The anti D.I.A.
The anti MOMA
The anti Sothebys
The anti Charles Saatchi
The anti 1% art scene dominated by Hedge Fund operators and Russian criminal billionaires (although seeing Damien Hirst separating them from their money is kinda fun).

Makes Baltimore proud.

Place for enlightenment. Adults and elderly's will defenitely be pondered about the arts meaning and the creativity of the place.

A fantastic art experience that is as inclusive as it is accessible

Amazing museum full of wonderful art from untrained artists across the country. Great store as well.

I've been to the Louvre, Prado, National Gallery, Tate, Guggenheim, Metropolitan, MOMA, Stedelijek, Rijksmuseum, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Denver Art Museum, Art Institute of Chicago, and more and still rate The Museum of American Visionary Arts as one of my favorites. Viewing and interacting with artwork by untrained people who are/were socially and culturally out of the mainstream and art world is a wonderful treat. And visit the gift shop which is another fun experience.

The mosaic is the most wonderful thing!!! Lovelovelove this place!!

I haven t been inside the museum yet but I was there for the outdoor movie last week and really enjoyed it. I just wish there was easier parking available.

This was a fun place to visit. The art is interesting and amusing. Don't forget to visit the basement! Super fun!!!

I'm sorry I just don't get it. Waste of money in my opinion.

The American Visionary Art Museum is a wonderful, unorthodox & eclectic place! So much to see and we had so little time. We hope to return in the future to see what we missed! Wonderful place!

Some of the pieces were interesting, but most of the pieces simply relied on the story of the artist carrying bad art. Not many pieces stood on their own merit and left something to be desired.

If you like your art unique and quirky - then the American Visionary Art Museum is for you. Loved the collection when I was visiting Baltimore.

Amazing museum and really fun gift shop. Prices not bad.

Amazing art you're not going to find anywhere else. Very moving stuff.

Colorful, fun and interesting. Really enjoyed my visit. The shop is quirky and full of different things.

One of the best visual art museums I've ever been too! Amazing experience for the whole family!

I love this museum and return to it again and again --- almost always with a grandchild 10 or younger. If ever there was a place to feast your eyes on the fantastic and wonderful, this is it. Beautiful, expressive art, much of it unfiltered by any intellectual "meaning," allowing the artist to express him or herself directly through the materials at hand. And what amazing material they are! Definitely worth a detour. Not to be missed.

Visited this place while at a conference. The museum should be free or l$5. not really worth the price . The outside of the bldg more interesting inside not much happening.

This place is simply amazing! I wasn't always comfortable with what I was viewing, but art isn't supposed to be nice it is supposed to provoke, inspire and enlighten. I will be back... and now the Kinetic Sculpture Race is on my calendar for next May!

Quite different ftom most Art Museums...thoughtful, whimsical but wish it was bigger, too short a visit.

Amazing rotation of exhibits. Great place to get inspired and learn new approaches and techniques if you are an artist

This place grabbed you right in and changed the way you look at things